Became a tyrant of defense games - Episode 718
718. [Side Story] Winning streak (2)
The Jormungand I had thrown my all into rose into the sky with a hiss..
Of course, it was impossible with my normal strength, and the snake realized what I was trying to do, curled up, and then jumped up on its own..
at the same time,
flashing-!
Jormungand uses [Flesh of the Old God].
[The effect of [Flesh of the Old God] is to return the power to its prime for 3 turns..
In other words, for the next 10 minutes or so.…….
Kugwagwagwagwang!
Jormungand returns to being the ‘World Serpent’ and shows his true colors as a super giant monster.!
Jormungand, who had completed his transformation to his prime, attacked the black lake. The fish 'Gon', which was about to turn into a huge bird 'Bung', allowed the attack as is..
Kwasik! Kwaaaaang-!
Instead of turning into a bird, the fish was crushed by the snake and sank to the bottom of the lake again..
‘Damn it……!’
Jormungand and Gon fought to the death beneath the surface of the lake, creating terrifying waves and foam. I swallowed dryly while looking at this..
‘10Will we be able to win the game within minutes??’
Of course, even if you can't win within these 10 minutes, you have all the tactics prepared to defeat it later..
Both the dark event and the goddess's blessing are set for this battle. If possible, it would be better if you eat me without losing your strength.!
After about 10 minutes of everyone waiting anxiously,.
Shoot aaaaa!
The first thing that broke through the surface and rose up was a giant fish called Gon..
We all shook our shoulders in shock. Jormungand was defeated??
Surrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr-!
but it wasn't.
Jormungand appeared next, holding the huge fish in his strong jaws. He caught the fish he had knocked down like it was prey and lifted it up..
thud……!
Gon's huge body fell and was thrown out of the lake..
About half of its body had been transformed into a bong, and it seemed that it had attempted to force itself to transform in order to escape from being captured by Jormungand..
Srrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr-!
Jormungand let out a sigh of satisfaction. This guy was crushed to death by wrapping his long, huge snake body around the club..
We all cheered. I jumped up and screamed.
“Well done, Jormungand.!”
Sigh… … Sighing…….
Jormungand sighed with satisfaction and looked north with his yellow eyes flashing..
《Now, back to the north…….》
“No, where are you going? Come on.”
Jormungand, unable to resist his instincts and trying to head north again, the next moment [Flesh of the Old God] expired, and he returned to his original, small appearance..
Shrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr…….
Jormungand was wrapped up in a circle, feeling strangely sad..
Violet and the members of the Gamble Club comforted and comforted Jormungand..
‘You really did it for nothing..’
I looked down at Gongbung, who had collapsed in a half-faced state, and let out a happy hum..
In addition, the count of the flying monster battle, which must be fought once per five stages, is completed with this one. It was really easy to do.
‘A penalty was imposed for intentionally violating the sleep period, a dark event goddess's blessing was customized, and a snake, which could be considered a natural enemy, was mobilized..’
Thanks to the scepter, I was already able to easily complete the 4th stage..
If the tactics you have prepared work well together, there is no joy beyond this as a leader..
I was intoxicated with myself for a moment. My strategy is awesome... … It seems like a scepter cheat, but…….
“……By the way, Your Highness.”
At that time, Junior came hesitantly. Me huh? I turned around and made a noise..
“That equipment Jormungand is wearing..”
“[The faults of the old gods]?”
“yes. Of course, it would be most effective if Jormungand used it.…….”
Junior glanced at me..
“Even if someone on our side who has lost his power uses it, wouldn’t it be of great help??”
“For example who?”
“Lord Hecate, or something like that.……?”
Junior stuttered, twisting his hair with his fingers. I chuckled as I guessed the target..
“Hecate's power is intertwined with an ancient curse. Now that curse is dependent on me. I'm not sure if I can completely get it back..”
“ah…….”
“And above all.”
I looked away. Junior also looked there..
The members of the gambling club were performing an impromptu magic show, and I quickly forgot everything that happened a little while ago... … Jormungand, who was no longer a spirit but had become a slightly larger snake, was gurgling and having fun..
“Even if you can regain your prime once per battle for 10 minutes... … After that?”
“…….”
“Eventually, when the duration is over, you have to return to who you are now..”
Bringing it back to its lost glory days?.
For some people, this effect may be like a drug..
If used incorrectly, this equipment can be very dangerous, especially if it is handled by someone who is nostalgic for its glory days..
“The past is just the past. We have to move on from there.”
It's a cruel thing to say, but the lost must learn to live with the lost..
Whether it's a past relationship, an asset you've built throughout your life, or anything else.…….
Let bygones be bygones.
Because it has to be that way.
“…….”
Junior, who had been keeping his mouth shut for a moment with a sad expression on his face, let out a sigh..
“I'm worried, Lord Hecate..”
“me too. I'm worried.”
I smiled at Junior..
“After this process of anguish and pain, let's hope that happiness comes to that person..”
Not just Hecate, but everyone who lost something big or small on the battlefield here..
I hope you can accept that loss and rise again. May you have the courage to overcome that harsh challenge..
i just support.
***
A few days after Stage 44.
A small funeral was held on the west side of the city..
It was a joint funeral for those who died after Stage 40..
During Stage 41, some soldiers who were injured in the Night Bringer battle eventually died while fighting..
In Stages 42 and 43, in the process of dealing with the remaining monsters, several ordinary soldiers were swept away and died in their final struggle..
And in Stage 44, there were no deaths during the battle..
In the temple of the Crossroads, someone dear to us all passed away quietly after living a long life..
“Hehehehe.”
On the hill next to the grave site, Damian cried with a face covered in tears..
On Damien's outstretched hands, there was a ball of fur covered with white cloth... … A hamster is lying down with a relaxed expression.
That's right. Podong is gone.…….
Just 2.5 years old. It was a sloppy ham..
Although it was not possible to hold a funeral with those who died fighting for the front lines, after the funeral, people who knew Podong came to mourn..
I first politely held the funerals for the dead soldiers, and then, after completing all my arrangements, I came to Damian's place..
“Our Podong... … I ate a lot of sunflower seeds until yesterday, but I went to sleep with my stomach full..”
“Podong must have been happy because you took good care of him..”
“I think I was a poor owner, but…….”
Damian sniffed his nose and looked toward the temple..
“There is a flower bed in the temple that I take care of. I'm going to bury it there..”
“okay. Bury it well in a sunny place..”
However, I was worried that if I buried it so close, I would think of the hamster every time I went back and forth, making me feel sad..
There was no point in worrying about that. There was a small hamster cage at Damian’s feet… … Because there was another young hamster busily running around inside..
“who is this?”
When I asked curiously, Damian scratched the back of his head shyly..
“A few months ago, I brought Podong to the Crossroads Hamster meeting… … For short, I went to Khammo..”
No, is that some kind of dark private organization that I don't know about? How many secret private organizations are there in this city?!
“At that time, Podong said loudly. I made a female hamster pregnant..”
“…….”
You just saw the second generation? This flame-like child…….
“The babies were born, and they asked me to take care of just one... … I got to raise it.”
“Huh.”
Damian's life as a hamster master will likely continue for several more years..
I asked, looking at the baby hamster babbling in the cage..
“what is his name?”
“Podong 2yo.”
I flinched and shook my shoulders..
“what?”
“Podong 2. plump2.”
“Podong? Our names are the same?”
“No, it's completely different. Because it’s Podong 2..”
“……‘Podong’i’?”
“plump‘2’!”
Damian made a fist with one hand and then stretched out only his index and middle fingers, shaking them wildly and shouting, 'Pudong 2!'.
No, pronunciation is completely the same! What's the difference? I can barely tell what it looks like.!
“Actually, I was going to use Pudong Junior, but it seemed a bit presumptuous.…….”
“ah. That sure looks a bit mean, man..”
In any case, although not as many as the dead soldiers, Podong also received quite a few condolences..
In particular, the elves (who were not rodents) and the muscle pig men who took a sand bath together were sad. Among them, how many Khammo are hiding?…….
After finishing cleaning up, I headed to the temple with Damien. It was because there were some other heroes hospitalized in the temple who needed to be seen..
‘Especially the emperor, the emperor, the emperor…….’
He must be very bored because he is in the hospital, so he calls me out every now and then. So I stop by the temple once a day..
After a long conversation with Damian, I entered the temple entrance..
“majesty!”
Chief Priest Rosetta rushed out in a hurry. I looked at her quizzically..
“Is there a problem?”
“King Poseidon, the mermaid king, has come to his senses.!”
I was very surprised..
King Poseidon was in a critical condition and unconscious after the battle with the black dragon. The mermaid king finally came to consciousness..
“We are urgently looking for you.!”
“I'll go right now.”
After giving Damien a quick greeting, I hurriedly entered the temple, following Rosetta..
“This way.”
“thank you.”
Let's carefully walk into the hospital room that Rosetta pointed to.…….
I saw the Mermaid King soaking in a bathtub mixed with holy water and potions..
He looked decades older than before. The once strong, muscular body became thin, and the once attractive bronze-black skin lost its vitality and became dull..
“King Poseidon. How are you feeling?.”
As I approached and asked, the Mermaid King slowly looked at me with relaxed eyes..
“Fortunately, it looks like the world has been saved, Prince Ash..”
“It's the result of everyone joining forces. King Poseidon, you have done great things too..”
“Yes, the world is safe…….”
King Poseidon added bitterly..
“‘'Right now'.”
I glanced at the mermaid king because I sensed something unusual in those words..
The Mermaid King swallowed his breath and slowly exhaled..
“i saw.”
“what do you mean.”
“The moment I escaped from the Lake Kingdom on my own, the moment I barely escaped and crawled out through the entrance to the black lake.…….”
King Poseidon, who was left alone in the Lake Kingdom dungeon, escaped on his own and returned. It was a story about that time..
King Poseidon's eyes trembled as he recalled that time..
“Chains of darkness poured out from the Lake Kingdom, hundreds or thousands of them extending out of the black lake..”
I frowned..
“chains……?”
Never seen anything like that before... … There was.
“The chain eventually grabbed someone, bound and bound their whole body, and dragged them into the black lake as if swallowing them..”
King Poseidon looked at me.
“Who do you think the other person was??”
“……!”
Intuitively, I knew it..
“cotton.”
“Yes, and she must be…….”
King Poseidon let out a sigh..
“‘I was becoming a ‘monster’..”
“…….”
“With her entire body wrapped in chains, swallowed up by the darkness, she is dragged into the black lake... … It seemed difficult to maintain human form anymore..”
I kept quiet, and King Poseidon continued..
“We made eye contact and she said to me.”
“……what did you say?”
“Tell it to Ash.”
I closed my eyes tightly at the words that followed..
“Be sure to… … I want you to kill me. That's the only way left now.”
“…….”
“The despair she felt at that time... … It was more than the despair she felt from the Nightbringer. I knew right away.”
King Poseidon's shoulders trembled..
“That woman is the one who will destroy this world... … That you are the true master of darkness.”
It was then.
Suddenly I felt a strong vibration in my waist. I urgently pulled out the source of the vibration..
It was the scepter of the Lake Kingdom..
The jewel on the scepter's head, which was emitting a dazzling turquoise light, soon faded. Embarrassed, I focused my attention on the scepter, but I could no longer use its power..
‘The authority that resided in the scepter... … recovered.’
This phenomenon means only one thing.
I gritted my teeth and tightly grasped the Lake Kingdom scepter, which had no strength left anymore..
My nemesis has returned.
The devil is back.
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